1.   He said the inventory concerns of the last two quarters had been taken care of, and gross margin widened slightly.

2.   Product gross margins widened because of cost cutting, stable product pricing, and a shift toward higher-margin products, the company said.

3.   The company said margins widened because materials used to make chemicals cost less.

4.   The margins are widening.

5.   The margin from refining widened in the U.S. and Europe while it narrowed in Asia.

6.   In the final, the margin widened considerably and so did the placings.

7.   Since the financial crisis hit the country in early July, the foreign exchange trading margin has widened.